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1 Abstruse (adj)
Meaning- Difficult to understand; obscure (अव्यक्त)
Synonyms: arcane, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), profound
Antonyms: shallow, superficial

2 Bottleneck (noun)
Meaning- A situation that causes delay in a process or system
Synonyms: backup, jam, jam-up, logjam, snarl, tailback

3 Peer (noun)
Meaning- A person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person (साथियों)
Synonyms: gentleman, grandee, lord, milord, nobleman

4 Sweeping (adj)
Meaning- Extending or performed in a long, continuous curve (व्यापक)
Synonyms: broad, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, far-flung
Antonyms: narrow

5 Detrimental (adj)
Meaning- Tending to cause harm, harmful (हानिकारक)
Synonyms: adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous
Antonyms: anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent

6 Straitjacket (noun)
Meaning- A severe restriction on freedom of action, development, or expression

7 Rigorous (adj)
Meaning- Extremely thorough and careful (कठिन)
Synonyms: austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed
Antonyms: clement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax

8 Paranoid (adj)
Meaning- Characterized by or suffering from the mental condition of paranoia

9 Relic (noun)
Meaning- An object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest (अवशेष)
Synonyms: echo, ghost, shadow, trace, vestige

10 Dispassionate (adj)
Meaning- Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial (निष्पक्ष)
Synonyms: candid, disinterested, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair
Antonyms: biased, ex parte, inequitable, nonobjective, one-sided